The Psychology of Your Eating Disorder. Why It's Not All About Food and Body

Making sense of your eating disorder through psychological formulation

If you’re lost in the jungle of your eating disorder, without a map to guide you safely, you probably feel intense confusion and overwhelm.

Why can’t I just eat normally?

Why the constant obsessions with food?

What is wrong with me?

You likely feel terribly alone.

To begin to unravel the tangled ed vines that have wrapped themselves tortuously around you, and to shed some awareness and understanding of the complexity of the issue, therapists sometimes use the tool of psychological formulation.

Psychological formulation aims to piece together the different parts of the jigsaw, to bring light and clarity. It provides a zoom-out perspective of the eating disorder, as a coping strategy.

It peels back the different layers of the psychological onion offering insights and hope around change.

In this episode, I explore a psychological formulation and how you can use this as a tool in therapy. I hope that you find it helpful.

 

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Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating - a course to help you heal your relationship with food.

Online Breaking Free from Bulimia - a course to help you break free from bulimia nervosa.

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with eating disorders.

Body Image Training for Professionals - training for therapists in working with clients with body image issues.